 Sivananda Ashram, Ahmedabad March 2021 ==================================== OM Namo Bhagawate Sivanandaya! OM Namo Bhagawate Chidanandaya! OM Namo Narayanaya!
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"Worship of Lord Shiva" - On the occasion of
auspicious Shivaratri
"The formal worship consists of bathing the Lord. Lord
Shiva is considered to be the Form of Light (which the
Shiva Lingam represents). He is burning with the fire of
austerity. He is therefore best propitiated with cool
bathing. While bathing the Lingam the devotee prays: “O
Lord! I will bathe Thee with water, milk, etc. Do Thou
kindly bathe me with the milk of wisdom. Do Thou kindly
wash me of all my sins, so that the fire of worldliness
which is scorching me may be put out once for all, so
that I may be one with Thee—the One alone without a
second.”
Offer this inner worship to Lord Shiva daily: “I worship
the jewel of my Self, the Shiva residing in the Lotus of
my heart. I bathe Him with the water of my pure mind
brought from the river of faith and devotion. I worship
Him with the fragrant flowers of Samadhi—all this so
that I may not be born again in this world.”
Here is another formula for the supreme worship of the Lord: “O Shiva! you are my Self. My mind is Parvati. My Pranas are your servants. My body is your house. My actions in this world are your worship. My sleep is Samadhi. My walk is circumambulation of you. My speech is your prayer. Thus do I offer all that I am to you."" - Swami Sivananda << Read More>>
Rudram - with meaning
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Early Morning Meditation talks from "Ponder These
Truths" by Swami Chidananda
" The Immanence of GOD"
"Eko devah sarvabhuteshu gudhah sarvavyapi sarvabhutantaratma, karmadhyakshah sarvabhutadhivasah (God, Who is one only, is hidden in all beings. He pervades all and He is the inner soul of all beings. He presides over all actions and He dwells in all beings). Three times the indwelling presence of God has been brought out in this single verse—sarvabhuteshu gudhah (hidden in all beings), sarvabhutantaratma (inner self of all beings), sarvabhutadhivasah (immanent in all beings). Sarvavyapi (all-pervading) only once, but the indwelling presence thrice within a single verse. Here also: saman sarveshu bhuteshu tishthantam paramesvaram (the Supreme Lord is equally present in all beings). Again, twice that I am within all creatures: ahamatma gudakesa sarvabhutasayasthitah, aham adischa madhyam cha bhutanam anta eva cha (I am the Self, O Arjuna, seated in the hearts of all beings; I am the beginning, the middle and also the end of all beings)." "Thus it is that immanence is key to divinity. Awareness of God’s presence within and without, in all beings, in all creatures, in all nature becomes the key, the secret of living in the awareness of the Yoga of the eleventh chapter of the Bhagavad Gita, the Yoga of the first verse of the Isopanishad. What more can I say? Be aware, be aware of God, aware of your relationship to Him, and make your life sublime and divine and attain the supreme, grand goal of all spiritual aspiration, of all spiritual life, of all spiritual sadhana, of all spiritual living, the grand goal of God-consciousness and divine perfection and liberation. all beings; I am the beginning, the middle and also the end of all beings)." - Swami Chidananda << Read More>>
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Learning of "Jeevan Yog" from a Yoga Acharya Sri
Swami Adhyatmananda
Through TV episodes of "Jeevan Yoga" Series by Doordarshan Girnar 
Surya Namaskara or Sun Salutation ("salute to the
sun"), is a common sequence of Hatha Yoga asanas.
Its origins lie in a worship of Surya, the Hindu
Solar deity. This sequence of movements and poses
can be practised on varying levels of awareness,
ranging from that of physical exercise in various
styles, to a complete sadhana, which incorporates
asana, pranayama, mantra and chakra meditation.
The physical base of the practice links together
twelve asanas in a dynamically performed series.
These asanas are ordered so that they alternately
stretch the spine backwards and forwards. When
performed in the usual way, each asana is moved into
with alternate inhalation and exhalation (except for
the sixth asana where the breath is held in external
suspension). A full round of Surya namaskara is
considered to be two sets of the twelve poses with a
change in the second set to moving the opposite leg
first through the series.
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Highlighting the News & Upcoming Events
News & Activity Report for the Month of February 2021
Divya Jivan / February 2021
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Food for the Soul
"Pray even once from the bottom of your heart.
Have a meek, receptive attitude of mind.
Cultivate intense feeling in your heart. The
prayer is at once heard and responded. Do this
in the daily battle of life and realise for
yourself the high efficacy of prayer. You must
have strong conviction in the existence of God."
-Swami Sivananda
"Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart." -Mahatma Gandhi "This is the highest form of prayer - prayer not for gaining anything in this world created by Him, but for gaining only the most coveted of all things, a constant inner communion and link with Him" This is true prayer. -Swami Chidananda
"Gurudevarpanmastu"
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